Time for solutions to halt rampant youth crime in the NT
THERE is no better illustration of the NT’s youth crime problem than the recent footage of allegedly stolen cars screaming through the main and backstreets of Alice Springs. Territorians have had a gutful and the Gunner government has to find a solution.
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STATISTICS or no statistics, youth crime in the Northern Territory is a major concern.
We see examples of it daily, whether the police are reporting it or whether it is on one of the many community crime update websites.
There was no better illustration of this than the wild scenes in Alice Springs where footage was shot of allegedly stolen cars screaming through the main and backstreets.
On one of the Alice Springs websites where this footage appeared was also footage of another stolen car incident which ended in a horrifying collision and the offenders fleeing the scene.
There was also a post from a resident telling about six people in balaclavas trying to break into their home while the resident was inside.
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There are scenes of damaged businesses and smashed car windows. Similar images are repeated of different incidents on Darwin crime community websites.
Warnings of children throwing rocks at cars at Casuarina, motorists being surrounded by juveniles waving sticks and smashing beer bottles on cars at Karama, homes being broken into at Malak and Anula.
Brazen daylight thefts in public places happen all too frequently.
Is there a week goes by that cars are not stolen?
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Enough is enough.
Territorians have had a gutful and the Gunner government has to find a solution.
This not an alcohol-fuelled problem.
It is straight-out disregard for the law.
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